Minneapolis vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	46
😀 Quality of life	90	60
🏙️ Population	430K	1.2M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 170% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 1095th and 6322nd ($2380 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd and 14th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Minneapolis compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 215th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Minneapolis	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$3800

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758